I cannot believe that I keep seeing threads of people encouraging others to show up and start trouble at Trump's upcoming birthday parade. It's a horribly bad idea.
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Trump is a narcissists and thrives on attention. Showing up to protest him will only feed into his delusion that he's a persecuted messiah. Instead, give him no attention. Small crowd sizes are the biggest blows to his ego.
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Anyone showing up is going to be used to inflate crowd size numbers. Trump has had photos doctored before to show more people attending that don't exist. I would not put it past him to have videos and photos doctored to look like he's being supported. Do not give him reasons to make himself look good, even if they are lies.
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Even if people want an incident to occur to make Trump and the military look bad, it's still putting people at risk or be the catalyst of him declaring martial law. Those organizing the actual parade or working alongside it have the opportunity to do thier own means of resistance without protesters trying to bait the military into taking shots.
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MAGA is going to be there in mass and most cannot wait to have an excuse to shoot someone in 'self defense' or maim someone. They have a persecution complex. Do not validate thier worldview that they are a persecuted minority. Do not debate them, they are looking for a fight. Ignore them.
Honestly the best thing to do is either have a generalized strike/economic blackout on that day and/or organize a counter protest away from the parade. This will draw attention away from the parade which Trump will hate. For the love of God, DO NOT ENCOURAGE ACTS OF VIOLENCE on this day! Elon has the Reddit CEO in his pocket and you risk actual jail time when posting threats to the POTUS. So be careful.
I can't help but feel like this is a big honey pot being set up by the feds. Don't get caught in it. Be smart and stay organized.
Originally Posted By u/tinytabbytoebeans At 2025-04-07 11:23:46 PM | Source
If anyone encourages violence, they're a fed. My belief is that is what Trump wants so that he can trigger martial law and really do the hitlarian shit he and his ghouls wish to do.
I don't disagree with your conclusion, but I can tell you that those in power have made peaceful resolution impossible.
And when you make peaceful resolution impossible, you make violent revolution inevitable.
Your lemmy.world admins have rules against inciting violence and many mods have a "bUt bOtH sIdEs!" attitude. It's why I am very careful what I post to communities in that instance.
If martial law is what they want, let me ask you: what the actual fuck do we have to lose?
I'm not encouraging violence, but I am encouraging staying strapped. Don't show to ~~any protests~~ anywhere without weapons anymore. The feds WILL start the violence. They have done so at every single peaceful protest that I have attended where we weren't carrying guns and baseball bats. Open carry is legal in the US. Be prepared for self defense, so they retreat rather than having to fight an armed crowd.